The Portland daily press., 1887-06-17

by paying them $5OO,0OO.
The district attorney then proceeded tc
recite the doings of the railroad committee
Of the council in 1881. He paid particular
attention to the hearings had before that
committee in regard to the application OF
| MI. onarp for franchise and the subse.
| quent action OF the members of the commit.
zee IN regard thereto. Mr. Sharp, Mr.. Nicol
| said, had paid no less than S453.OOO for emf.
nent counsel to engineer his scheme. MT
sharp fell asleep while the prosecuting at
| torney was speaking and snored so loudly
that Judge Nelson had to shake him up Mr.
half
After the close Of Mr.. Nicolps address
Mr.. Temple read the names of most Of the
| directors Of the Broadway road, the major
lty OF them having been summoned as wit
nesses for the prosecution.
!, Inc prosecution then at once plunged into
the case IN earnest by calling ex-Alderman
stand.
The witness testified that he was a mem.
Der OF the Board of Aldermen in 1884, and
that he was for five years a school trustee
He said that he had not seen the defendant
| for year.
Did you, in June, 1884, make any, agree.
| ment or promise for money to vote for the
Broadway franchise?" asked Mr.. Nicoll
!, Mr.. Stlckney objected to the questions on
4 VIZ 6AVaA0 bhot Jldlp was IOI pItStuI when
the agreement was made. The objection was
overruled and the witness replied in the af-
| frmative.
The witness said that the agreement was
made at McLaughlin's house, and mentioned
the thirteen names Of the Combine" who
were present. Fullgraff then told the story
OF that famous meeting as coolly as he had
told 1t In the trials Of McQuade, O'Neil and
| Cleary.
All this testimony was taken against the
4 md Il f. CAs
who argued that it was totally incompetent
| to Introduce any testimony in evidence as tc
| the actions OF the aldermen, unless the de-
fendant was either present or was cognizani
personally ofswhat the aldermen were doing
| The witness rehearsed in detail the do
ings Of the meeting with regard to the ques-
ton OF voting for the Broadway road, which
Jaehne announced had offered S5C1, ,0C0 in
cash, or for the cable road, which offered
| S750,Cc0, half IN cash and half in bonds
Fullgraft developed nothing new in his di.
rect examination, which was not concluded
az o'clock, when the court took recess
/ Ihe defence, however, rolled up many ex
| eeptlons on points raised as to the legality
Of the evidence introduced on the grounds
| previously stated, that Sharp knew nothing
of conspiracy to bribe the aldermen, and
that he had no connection with it. The de.
fence claims that Chief Justice Van Brunt':
| ruling in the case of Detective Lowell, ap-
plies TO the Sharp case. Lowell was acquit
ICu VI conspiracy 10 DidckHall on tne ground
that he was not e0gnizant of the writing of 3
certain blackmailing letter, which the alleged
co-consplrat0rs wrote to extoft money.
In the afternoon the examination of Full
gran was continued, he testifying as fol
lows: Il went from the clerks office IN
stairs to the aldermanic chambers There
were present in the chamber a number of al
| dermen who were talking together. The
board came to order. Alderman Waite took
the chair. After the roll call an order dis
IN LII
board by Mr.. Maloney. Then we voted OF
the resolution granting the franchise.
voted for it, as did all the other aldermen
present. The session lasted half an hour
Before the election day of 1884, on an eve
nlng In october, meeting was held at Mr.
McLaughlin's by thirteen aldermen. A
that meeting the question was asked if any
one of them were to run again for office. Mr.
Delacey suggested if they were they should
have $500. All renominated were to ge
$1,000. Mr.. Delacey stated that in eonse
quence OF the trouble that had been had by
the road and the large amounts paid to law
yers 1t would be necessary to reduce tn
amount of each. This was agreed to after
considerable discussion. | received $500
and in January 1885, another 5000.
Mr.. Nichols-"What did you do with tina
money!"
Mr.. Fullgraff-'T loaned $500 of thi
money to Mr.. Comrick. / gave it to Mr.
Comrick's book-keeper. Ireceived note il
return for it. Mr. Brown, the book-keeper
is in court.
The witness pointed him out. paid tht
money in two instalments, $1,000 in one an,
$1Cco in another. My bank is the Park Banl
where had the business account of Bald
win q Fullgraff and my private account o
$1,000. Iput part of il with safe deposi
company and part Of it at my house.
spent $4,000 of the money for different pun
poses, can't tell exactly which.
Mr.. Stickney objected to the witness tel
ing why he loaned $500 to Carmick, as goin
too far into collateral matters. Mr.. Stickne
Of the defence, objected to all this as irrelt
want, and filed an exception when the coul
admitted it.
Mr.. Fullgraff went on: 'Prior to 1884,
was acquainted with Carmick, and had offel
ed to loan him money In January, 1884, hi
factory burned, and ne wanted to 20 on wit
business, and i told him that L had a littl
money, and let him have It, l was preSe1
at the sessions of the Senate Commission
and that was where L first saw defendant.
Mr.. Fullgraff tripped himself several time
in the cross-examination by Mr.. Stickney
He swore he got only $1,000 for his vote fo
the Broadway franchise, but when show
that at the second McQuade trial he swoI
he got S1S,C00, he said: "If / testified ths
question and made mistake" The witnes
again said he went into the combine" in Of
der to secure better success with the generi
orders in the board. His constituents az
| NlScu 0lll 10 tuLtI SOlllc LIE
parked that the thirteen who met at
Loughlin's house, in talking the matter
! | agreed that as the community was e
be benefited by the Broadway roa
might as well make dollar.
. When Mr.. Stickney asked If tn IS
: considered the meeting at the FL zee
/ store an honest one, Fullgraff 1, :"
do" He said he received the S5CC
9 in January or February, 1885. counss
: reminded him he had pre- sworn
I was in December, 1884, Fr had agai
7, to plead mistake in the r trial. III
? admitted he knew he was lifting peril
ry in his statements MAD ore the Senat
committee and up to lime of the fir:
2 McQuade trial.
u Ibid it occur to asked Sticl1ne,
+ that these people" be as willing TO pa
!. money into the cit sury as to pay blacl
u mail to Aldermen
:. mo, SIR"
], "Do you mea .t?'
y Yes, sir. T men rather pay money
y Aldermen IN .wfully into the city treas
ry, every til That is my solemn belief
Fullgraif o. more denied he had ever raj
ed his rig and and swore to God at Il
Schnarer that he was innocent of a
!. eeptlng ibe, that he swore falsely befo
the Se' committee to save his associat
N and b elf, or If he had done so it was
lg fore lad received mis- first 5000. The wi
g. mes came excited as he was being que
$ TIC .on the point and with eyes dilated
80 b rose in his chair and hoarsely uttere
% said it, it was true; but never said
lg yer" On redirect, M'Call brought out y
er sct that the combine had agreed to stand
lt each other before the Senate investigation
Fullgraff lost self control for a second tin
when Stickney asked him, on re-cross-exal
alton, If he had not called God to witness
the presence Of Tony Hartmann tn
he had never taken dollar VIII
on the Board of Aldermen. mo-" he callt
q as he leaned forward dramatically, "one re
j. son is that if | had said it he would not ha
1t believed me, for he was an Alderman al
y knows how it is himself" The witness d
1t MED that he ever said "he was no Id Il
l. and was not going to SINCE"
e Have you ever refunded any Of the 81
W 0O0 to DeLacy from whom you received IT
mo, he's in Canada; I'm waiting for h
to return"
Then followed adjournment
~ The Railway Murder Confessed.